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J. SWIGERT.

RAME.

No. 485,996. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SWIGERT, OF BLANOHESTER, OHIO.

HAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,996, dated November8, 1892. Application filed June 30, 1892. Serial No. 438|573- (N0 mOdeL)To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SWIGERT, a citizen of the United `States ofAmerica, residing at Blanchester, in the county of Clinton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachmentsfor Hames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in haines, the object of which isto provide an improved attachment for hames whereby the hame-tug ortrace-chain may be held in engagement with a fixture carried by thehame, so as to prevent vertical movement of the trace-chain or tugafterit has been adjusted; and the invention consists in providing thehaine clip or staple adjacent to the edge of the harne or plate throughwhich the staple passes with a spring-bar which is bent so as to form atone end an eye which engages with one of the arms of the staple or clipand at the other end with a hook, so that when said spring-bar issecured to the hame clip or staple it will prevent the trace-chain ortug from becoming disengaged from the notches of the haine-clip.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a front elevation of a hame provided with a clip constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view showing theretainingbar in engagement with the main clip in full lines and indotted lines as swung to one side.

A designates the hame, which may be of ordinary construction, and to thesame is att-ached a haine clip or staple B, having recesses b, withinwhich the loop portion of the xture attached to the llame-tug is adaptedto lie, or one ofthe links of the chain when a trace-chain is used. Tothe upper inwardlyprojecting member c of the hame clip or staple ispivotally secured a spring-bar C, the upper end of which is formed intoan eye which embraces the inwardly-projecting portion of the clip orstaple, and the lower end of the spring bar or plate is formed into ahook which engages with the lower inwardly-projecting member c" of thehame-clip.

When the spring-bar is swung upwardly, the tug or trace-chain may beadjusted or placed in any of the notches in the hame clip or staple, andwhen the hook on the end of the spring-bar is caused to engage with thehaine clip or staple the trace-chain or tug will be held in position.

It will be noted that the spring-bar is flat and that the centralportion of the same is bent so that the outer edge thereof will liecentrally opposite the projecting portions adjacent to the recess in thevertical portion of the clip or staple and that the end of thespring-bar is bent down to form a convenient grasping portion.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to providehames with devices with which the hooks to which the traces are attachedengage and are held in engagement by bars or plates, and I do not claimsuch construction broadly; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a hame, a staple B, secured thereto, the innerside of the connecting portion of said staple having notches or recesseswith which the tug-eye is adapted to engage, and a flat spring-barhaving one end bent around one member of the staple and the other endformed into a hook to engage the other member of the staple,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a haine, a staple having recesses, the projectingportions between said recesses extending toward the body portion of thehaine a sufficient distance to provide a space between the haine andprojecting portions in which the eye of the tug can move, anda iiatspring-bar pivotally attached to one ot' the side members of the stapleand provided with a hook which is adapted to engage with the other sidemember, the portion of the flat bar between the eye and hook being bentso as to be located between the body portion of the haine and theforwardly-pro- IOO jecting portions of the staple, substantially asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI ai'lx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SWIGERT. Witnesses:

P. A. SNYDER, J AMES M. WATKINS.

